Author Archives: Liz Young

Two years after Ohio State’s conversion from quarters to semesters, the university’s largest college might be feeling impacts beyond academic calendars in the form of a projected $10 million budget deficit. The College of Arts and Sciences — which encompasses nearly 80 majors, 38 departments ...

At the end of my time here, I’m calling for an addition to Ohio State’s general education requirements: a required journalism class. I often see my peers turn to Buzzfeed quizzes and Upworthy posts for their entertainment and news needs. I’ve taken my share of ...

The Lantern has launched a new website. It’s still WordPress-based, as was our last website, but we feel the new site better reflects who we are. It’s more sleek, with less colors to distract from our stories. It’s easier to use on mobile. Lantern TV ...

May Session will no longer be free after this year, a move met with early mixed reaction from students. Executive Vice President and Provost Joseph Steinmetz told The Lantern in a Tuesday interview that tuition will be charged for May Session starting next spring, and ...

May Session could see some major changes in the coming years, and while many of those changes are unknown, it will no longer be free after 2015. Executive Vice President and Provost Joseph Steinmetz told The Lantern in a Tuesday interview that tuition will be ...

President Michael Drake paid a visit to The Lantern’s newsroom earlier this week. In light of that, I thought it would be worthwhile to share the way we conduct these types of interviews in the hopes of opening that door to our readers and making ...

The Sugar Bowl was a free ride for some Ohio State administrators, faculty, staff, students and their guests. Ohio State sent 124 people to the Sugar Bowl on its dime, adding up to roughly $372,000. OSU’s official party to the Sugar Bowl included at least ...

Books, bank and booze. Three things many students consider quintessential to the college experience — and all items that can be found on High Street. Yet of all three college “necessities,” it appears the latter is the most abundant. Sprinkled across a 1.2-mile stretch of ...

An Ohio State student died Friday. Stephanie Fibelkorn, 21, whose major was listed as mechanical engineering in an OSU directory, was killed in a crash downtown at Broad and High streets. A Columbus city engineer, Bill Lewis, was in critical condition at OhioHealth Grant Medical ...

On a recent Saturday in Columbus, bars opened before 6 a.m. to accommodate for the gameday ahead. That’s how early some Ohio State fans started drinking in anticipation of the noon football game against the University of Michigan. Earlier that week, about 14,000 people had ...